화학공학소재연구정보센터
Thin Solid Films, Vol.677, 77-82, 2019
Fabrication of ionic liquid polycrystalline nano thin films and their ion conducting properties accompanied by solid-liquid phase transition
Ionic liquid, ethyltrimethylammonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl), (IL: [N-1112] [TFSA]) that has a melting point of 109 degrees C, was deposited at room temperature on alpha-Al2O3(0001) substrates by continuous-wave infrared laser deposition in a vacuum. No decomposition of IL molecules occurred during the thermal evaporation and the polycrystalline nature of the deposits at RT was found identical to that of the corresponding powder IL. The thin film IL (TF-IL) on a non-treated alpha-Al2O3(0001) substrate, with droplet-like shapes in morphology, exhibited almost no ionic conductivity even above the melting point because the IL would not spread over the non-treated substrate. In contrast, the TF-IL, with more dense, granular structures in morphology, deposited on a chemicallymodified, wettable alpha-Al2O3(0001) substrate, did exhibit a substantial ionic conductivity even at temperatures lower than the melting point, and it was then followed by a drastic increase of the ionic conductivity through its solid-liquid phase transition. The behaviors of the deposited IL growing and melting on the substrate are discussed based on the results of in situ laser microscope and ionic conductivity measurement experiments.